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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Unbridled Change

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263398687
VA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Holling-brooks, Executive Director / CEO ($40,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 189 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michelle Holling-brooks — reported title “EXEC DIR/PRE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

189 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 189 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$611 total compensation of comparable organizations → $98,363 $40,000
$11,24210th
$25,49525th
$48,155Median
$65,85675th
$77,33790th
$40,000This org · 43rd
p10$11,242
p25$25,495
p50$48,155
p75$65,856
p90$77,337
$40,000

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to VA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Indian Council Of The Elderly Inc WI$203,080 Prog Coordinator $36,320 $38,158 2024
Yanam2m CO$204,439 Ceo $54,680 $54,303 2023
North Carolina Statewide Independent NC$202,255 Executive Director $71,308 $74,120 2024
Surpassing Grace TX$201,340 Executive Director Board Chair $28,000 $28,176 2024
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services PA$206,309 Executive Director $85,696 $88,509 2023
Surayya Anne Foundation Inc OK$199,279 Executive Director $49,000 $55,881 2023
Texas Burn Survivor Society Inc TX$208,307 Executive Dir. $48,000 $49,728 2023
Dentists Who Care Inc TX$198,497 Executive Director $65,000 $65,408 2024
Metro Apartments Inc MN$209,839 Executive Vice President $18,918 $19,360 2023
Lighthouse Recovery Services Inc KY$197,001 Director $34,113 $37,958 2023
Mend On The Move MI$210,320 Executive Di $45,047 $48,155 2023
Deaf Ability Resource Inc CA$210,740 Ceo / President $84,100 $73,054 2024
Helping Our Riders Succeed In Education TX$211,029 Executive Director $37,822 $38,060 2024
Fathers Building Futures NM$211,109 Ceo $6,373 $7,099 2023
Rice Foundation Inc PA$211,200 Exc. Director $91,367 $94,366 2023
Professional Student Government MN$195,627 Secretary Of Grants, President $5,200 $5,169 2024
Promoting Responsible Independence In Daily Endeavors Inc CA$195,145 President $30,000 $26,059 2024
Lowell Terrace Corp CO$194,511 Board President & Ceo Of Mhcd $24,467 $24,298 2023
Teen Talking Circles WA$213,038 Executive Director $92,367 $83,191 2024
Hope Reins In Texas Inc TX$194,211 Director $20,300 $20,428 2024
Erikas Closet NC$213,804 President $47,021 $48,875 2024
Helping Hands Of Yuma AZ$193,285 Executive Director $65,322 $65,064 2023
K9 Care Montana Inc MT$214,069 President $72,000 $78,075 2024
Coleman Road Supportive Housing Inc MN$192,374 President/tr $65,715 $67,251 2023
Community Access Naperville Inc IL$190,504 President $1,305 $1,291 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to VA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Michelle Holling-brooks) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 189 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,000 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.